• The Elder Scrolls Megathread XX: Might as well be XXX
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[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q489FOoMVY[/media] 10000th save in a video game at new years t u r b o v i r g i n
So, I was looking through this thread and for some reason got reminded of one of the few times Skyrim unnerved me... Like, I've been pretty vocal about my apathy towards Skyrim on this thread, but there were two times in the game that it genuinely gave me a "Hey, that's pretty damn spooky" feeling. The first was that completely out-of-left-field, unexplained skeletal dragon that just fucking [I]appears[/I] during the College of Winterhold questline (the fact nobody mentions it afterwards and that it doesn't even have a Dragon Soul just made it feel all the more erie) but after that, the game never did anything to actually unnerve me... Until the Dragonborn DLC when I went to Apocrypha, went to the edge of one of the islands, and looked out to see [url=https://78.media.tumblr.com/d578a21eb507aec061e3c2bf653b14d0/tumblr_nq78fsTLwx1rido3to3_500.gif]this[/url] in the sky. I don't know if that image really does it justice, but for some reason, looking up and seeing this gigantic mass of black tentacles just... Reaching downwards over an ocean of inky blackness sent a chill up my spine. The rest of Apocrypha was less "creepy" and more "cool" for me, but that one moment of looking up and seeing a truly lovecraftian sight genuinely got to me for a bit. Reminded me of the one time in Oblivion where I accidently glitched through the floor and ended up in this giant, perfectly flat, seemingly endless void with nothing but a rocky ground texture and a stormy sky above, with nothing else anywhere. That bothered me, too.
I don't think I've ever been bothered by an Elder Scrolls game in that fashion.
[QUOTE=Ona;53020134]So, I was looking through this thread and for some reason got reminded of one of the few times Skyrim unnerved me... Like, I've been pretty vocal about my apathy towards Skyrim on this thread, but there were two times in the game that it genuinely gave me a "Hey, that's pretty damn spooky" feeling. The first was that completely out-of-left-field, unexplained skeletal dragon that just fucking [I]appears[/I] during the College of Winterhold questline (the fact nobody mentions it afterwards and that it doesn't even have a Dragon Soul just made it feel all the more erie) but after that, the game never did anything to actually unnerve me... Until the Dragonborn DLC when I went to Apocrypha, went to the edge of one of the islands, and looked out to see [url=https://78.media.tumblr.com/d578a21eb507aec061e3c2bf653b14d0/tumblr_nq78fsTLwx1rido3to3_500.gif]this[/url] in the sky. I don't know if that image really does it justice, but for some reason, looking up and seeing this gigantic mass of black tentacles just... Reaching downwards over an ocean of inky blackness sent a chill up my spine. The rest of Apocrypha was less "creepy" and more "cool" for me, but that one moment of looking up and seeing a truly lovecraftian sight genuinely got to me for a bit. Reminded me of the one time in Oblivion where I accidently glitched through the floor and ended up in this giant, perfectly flat, seemingly endless void with nothing but a rocky ground texture and a stormy sky above, with nothing else anywhere. That bothered me, too.[/QUOTE] The sky in the soul carin That's really the only thing that unnerves me It's like looking at a black hole. [t]http://i.imgur.com/7sJGZgN.jpg[/t]
From what I played of daggerfall, it had great sound design and dungeons were a fair bit creepier. The scary bits in the modern TES game would probably be limited to looking through some morrowind ruins and having a Dremora/Vampire scream at you. I might've killed a god, but I'm not going in there with [I]him[/I].
The dungeons of daggerfall lose a lot of their charm once you realize 99.9% of it is just nonsensical rooms with no rhyme or reason. The few actually handcrafted rooms can look cool because it has this weird 1992 Alone In The Dark aesthetic that works well enough but most of it is just sprinting through corridors with an occasional prop in the way. And the sound design is mostly just bit-crushed stock sounds with the notable exception of the especially bit-crushed skeleton screams. Which is only spook like once when you don't expect it and then it just becomes funny especially since it can lead to shit like this [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEnQhYgH0o[/media] All of the games have some rightfully weird/spooky shit in them but I think Oblivion and Morrowind are on equal grounds for me for different reasons. Morrowind's unsettling because it hits those low-poly horror notes just right and some of its visuals, themes and presentation are plain fucking weird, but Oblivion makes pretty good use of massive, sudden tonal shifts. Everything's all colorful and dandy and civilized until you step into a dungeon or find out about some noble family's dirty laundry and suddenly shit explodes into this cascade of gore, dismemberment, guts and savagery. Not to mention the gates of Oblivion themselves.
I really appreciate skyrim's dungeon ambience. It's super spooky.
Something odd about Morrowind is that it's the only game in the main series where the music doesn't change (excluding combat). It only has seven Explore tracks. Arena and Daggerfall have different tracks for towns, stores and dungeons. For ambiance, Oblivion had Explore for outside, Public for towns and Dungeon for... dungeons. Skyrim added tracks for Taverns and a few uniques like Dragonsreach and some event tracks, like discovering High Hrotgar and the small stingers for caves and such. Back to Morrowind, you get one of the seven Explore tracks, regardless of location, only interrupted by combat tracks. (Bonus to Skyrim for no longer playing combat tracks for every fearsome mudcrab you encounter) The music is fine when traveling outside but it doesn't work so well when you're exploring the eldritch depths of Red Mountain or other spooky places. There is no doubting the excellence of Jeremy Soule's Morrowind tracks but their louder, more prominent strings don't blend so well in the background unlike the more mellow and subtle tracks of Oblivion and Skyrim.
Skyrim also has unique tracks for night and day, which lead to some of my legitimately favorite moments in gaming altogether.
Skyrim might be a steaming pile of dogshit but there's no denying that the OST is amazing
[QUOTE=Kurahk;53020514]Skyrim might be a steaming pile of dogshit but there's no denying that the OST is amazing[/QUOTE] that's harsh. i wouldnt call it a steaming pile of dogshit but it certainly is subpar.
Just snagged Oblivion GOTY on sale. Haven't played the game in about 9 years. I'm about to enter a nostalgia trip of the ages with some sick mods, so I'm excited.
Got my SSE running with some good looking visuals. Mods: Majestic Mountains, Obsidian Weathers, Obsidian Mountain Fog, 3D Trees and 3D Plants, Terrain LOD Redone, Subsurface Scattering Shader, Realistic Water Two + patches [t]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/306782025476472833/395752971314528256/489830_20171227233420_1.png[/t][t]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/306782025476472833/395752994064302080/489830_20171227233515_1.png[/t][t]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/306782025476472833/395752998703202304/489830_20171227233801_1.png[/t][t]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/90827601664315392/397453136643620864/489830_20180101135602_1.png[/t][t]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/90827601664315392/397453155215867905/489830_20180101145355_1.png[/t][t]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/90827601664315392/397453952318177280/489830_20180101132034_1.png[/t] More pics to come.
Goddamn the itch is creeping back... No! I have like, 90 other games I need to play! I don't want to go back, you can't make me!
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;53020784]Goddamn the itch is creeping back... No! I have like, 90 other games I need to play! I don't want to go back, you can't make me![/QUOTE] I didn't realize skyrim released so many times
[t]https://i.imgur.com/k1gCjRi.png[/t] Is that you John Wayne?
[QUOTE=Sharker;53020986][t]https://i.imgur.com/k1gCjRi.png[/t] Is that you John Wayne?[/QUOTE] John Mayne
is it worth installing skyrim se over skyrim yet? does se have all the juicy mods?
[QUOTE=Sharker;53020986][t]https://i.imgur.com/k1gCjRi.png[/t] Is that you John Wayne?[/QUOTE] Puss in boots Unchained.
[QUOTE=Sharker;53020986][t]https://i.imgur.com/k1gCjRi.png[/t] Is that you John Wayne?[/QUOTE] why are your weapons from an early ps1 game?
another thing from Beyond Skyrim (not the same team as Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil, but sharing assets and resources) [video]https://youtu.be/SRHb4S68BjI[/video] looks like a really good quality smaller mod, which is something Skyrim sorely lacks
[QUOTE=Vasey105;53021018]is it worth installing skyrim se over skyrim yet? does se have all the juicy mods?[/QUOTE] Only if you own an AMD card :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=Ona;53020134]So, I was looking through this thread and for some reason got reminded of one of the few times Skyrim unnerved me... Like, I've been pretty vocal about my apathy towards Skyrim on this thread, but there were two times in the game that it genuinely gave me a "Hey, that's pretty damn spooky" feeling. The first was that completely out-of-left-field, unexplained skeletal dragon that just fucking [I]appears[/I] during the College of Winterhold questline (the fact nobody mentions it afterwards and that it doesn't even have a Dragon Soul just made it feel all the more erie) but after that, the game never did anything to actually unnerve me...[/QUOTE] When I played at launch, the skeleton of the first dragon outside Whiterun would teleport after me around the nearby area. At one point I left Whiterun and it had teleported [i]into[/i] the citygate and was flailing around wildly from being stuck. I was spooked. Speaking of launch, I was fighting a dragon that at one point started flying around at mach speeds backwards and ended up embedding itself in the ground a few times. Eventually it floated into space and I never saw it again.
Dwemer ruins in Morrowind always made me uneasy. Something about how they're completely silent except for the Thief-esque electrical hum sound put me on edge. Then you run into a Dwemer robot and it turns into a hell of clanking.
[QUOTE=Sharker;53020986][t]https://i.imgur.com/k1gCjRi.png[/t] Is that you John Wayne?[/QUOTE] If you've got the time, mind sharing where you got the outfit and face texture/mane model from?
Been playing even more ESO and I got to say the Daggerfall pact seems to make the most sense. The Ebonheart has nords, a bunch of slaves, and backstabbing black elves. The aldrtmrti are a bunch of limp twisted elves and cats. Daggerfall has swole orcs, fearsome redguards, and powerful bretons. Also their main quest is cool as hell. Love it. [editline]2nd January 2018[/editline] By the by, add me @sleevies Let's lob some elf heads off together sometime.
Keep in mind the slaves have an army equal to that of a godly force that owns its dimension. Now remind me again, what dimension are those slaves in again? Oh right one that is up for grabs... Though it does bring up a good question how far and deep the hist extends into the ground, maybe they already own everything in a sense.
Man the only time I've seen an argonian they're either sucking Dunmer dick or wiggling on a clutch of eggs to fertilize them. It wouldn't surprise me if they die after breeding season like salmon. I hate lizards almost as much as elves and Belgiums.
[QUOTE=1chains1;53022897]Keep in mind the slaves have an army equal to that of a godly force that owns its dimension. Now remind me again, what dimension are those slaves in again? Oh right one that is up for grabs... Though it does bring up a good question how far and deep the hist extends into the ground, maybe they already own everything in a sense.[/QUOTE] Technically, they only briefly had that army to defend against the Oblivion Crisis, because the Hist themselves were at risk and called as many Argonians back to them as they could to defend themselves. Normally, the Hist don't give enough shits to interfere, and the Argonians are pretty disorganized. edit: also while I would not be the least bit surprised if the Hist had roots everywhere, conquest isn't really their cup of tea; they're much happier chilling out with their lizard dudes and watching everyone else duke it out The Hist rarely act except to protect themselves
[QUOTE=Marbledemon;53022510]If you've got the time, mind sharing where you got the outfit and face texture/mane model from?[/QUOTE] ESO
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